Ninety-two percent of inmates held in custody for state or federal authorities on December 30, 2005, were men and 7 percent were women. The gender of 1 percent of inmates in custody was not reported.

Nowhere is the moral superiority of women more evident than in politics. Who was the last female politician you can remember who was embroiled in scandal? Consider the list of

politicos who in recent years have cheated on their spouses: Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, Nevada Sen. John Ensign, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, to name a few.

The question is: Why? Is it something genetic? Is it

physiological – are women just wired differently from men? Is it a social construct revealed in the way girls are raised?

A bipartisan answer comes from two U.S. senators at a breakfast panel sponsored by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society: They’re too busy to be cheaters. Via Politico:

“You just don’t have the time,” laughed [Texas Sen.] Kay Bailey Hutchison. “With all the multitasking [women] do, who could plan that whole scheme? Getting a flight to South America?” she asked.

[New York Sen.]Kirsten Gillibrand concurred: “While I’m at home changing diapers, I just couldn’t conceive of it.”